- Test debut v India at Kolkata - Nov 28-Dec 2, 2004
- ODI debut v Bangladesh at Chittagong in March 2008
- The first South African of Indian descent to reach the international level.
- A devout Muslim who has logos advertising alcoholic products removed from his playing equipment.
- Remains a strong candidate to become South Africa's second non-white Test captain after Ashwell Prince.
- February 2010 saw him in fine form during South Africa's tour of India. In three Tests he hit scores of 253 not out, 114 and 123 not out.
- Amla hit 402 in the five match ODI series with the West Indies later that year as South Africa completed a 5-0 whitewash.
- He ended 2010 with an ODI average of 75.57 and a strike rate of 104.23 after five centuries and four fifties.
- In November 2011 he hit two centuries in the Test series with Australia. There was only one other hundred in the entire series.